A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . the endeavor to developspiritual life and to stimulate to Christiansympathy. Miss Alice Anthony vi^as the firstpresident. The work performed by this devoted sister-hood has been of jnestimable value to thechurch. The sick in hospitals and in privatehomes have been visited; old people and littlechildren have been taken to quiet countryplaces; tired and neglected wives and mothershave been given outings; rents have been paid;coal, food, and clothing have been providedfor the needy; shut-ins have had sympa-thetic
A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . the endeavor to developspiritual life and to stimulate to Christiansympathy. Miss Alice Anthony vi^as the firstpresident. The work performed by this devoted sister-hood has been of jnestimable value to thechurch. The sick in hospitals and in privatehomes have been visited; old people and littlechildren have been taken to quiet countryplaces; tired and neglected wives and mothershave been given outings; rents have been paid;coal, food, and clothing have been providedfor the needy; shut-ins have had sympa-thetic words to brighten their lives, and booksand flowers to cheer their loneliness; basketshave been sent to the poor at Christinas times;entertainments have been provided for desti-tute children; and large contributions havebeen made to our church building fund. Thegroup of five west windows, and also one ortwo other windows in the new church, werepaid for by the several circles. All honor tothese noble workers who thus quietly, unos-tentatiously, and often self-sacrificingly, con-. CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS 163 tribute to make the hidden current of thechurch life so full of beauty and so rich inblessing! The Womans Home and Foreign Mission-ary Society was organized about 1882, and hasdone a noble work in extendingMISSIONARY hands of blessing and cheer to SOCIETIES many spiritually destitute por-tions of our own country and offoreign fields. Mrs. J. R. Miller was the firstpresident, Mrs. R. B. Anthony, who has longbeen unselfishly devoted to the work, was forten years its president, an ofiice she was com-pelled to relinquish on account of ill W. H. Gill is now the president. The Society, as originally organized, was aneffort to create an interest in foreign missionwork, but for a long while past the home andforeign fields have received equal attention—the monthly meetings being alternately de-voted to each, when an hour is spent in con-ference and prayer. The work for for
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